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Solar Dynamics Observatory
Solar observatory. Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched on February 11, 2010 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2010-005ANORAD 36395United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Payload designation
- SDO
- International designator
- 2010-005A
- NORAD catalog number
- 36395
- GCAT identifier
- S36395
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/595
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SOLTP
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- SDO
Launch
- Date
- February 11, 2010 · 15:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-005Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/T
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 28.10°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,100 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,650 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q382494 (CC0).